Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelunъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

*pelynъ, *pelynь

Etymology

Probably from **peliti (“to burn”) +‎ *-unъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“to burn”), referring to the bitter, burning taste of the herb.

Other, less prominent theories associate it with Proto-Slavic *pelva (“chaff”), *pelti (“to weed”) or with (the root of) colour terms Proto-Slavic *polvъ (“pale”), *pelesъ (“variegated”).

Noun

*pelunъ m^[1]

(attested in North Slavic) absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)

Declension

Declension of *pelunъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pelunъ	*peluna	*peluni
genitive	*peluna	*pelunu	*pelunъ
dative	*pelunu	*pelunoma	*pelunomъ
accusative	*pelunъ	*peluna	*peluny
instrumental	pelunъmь, pelunomь^*	*pelunoma	*peluny
locative	*peluně	*pelunu	*peluněxъ
vocative	*pelune	*peluna	*peluni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: (dialectal) пялу́н (pjalún), пелу́н (pjelún)
- Russian: пелу́н (pelún) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Czech: pelun, ⇒ peluň
- Old Polish: piołun
  - Polish: piołun, (dialectal) piełun
  - Silesian: piełōn, piołōn
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: piołën
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: połun

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -unъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 134

Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*pelynъ / *pelynь / *pelunъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 94
Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “piołun”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 437
Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “pelyněk”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 479

Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пелин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141
Skok, Petar (1972), “pèlin”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 633

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -unъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 134

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